There Always Is A First Time…
A few years down the line, when I sit back and read these pages, perhaps I would be a bit amused and ask myself - Did I really write that stuff? Maybe, it could be a similar feeling for you when you browse through the comments. Did I write that comment on this website?
With each passing day, our actions of yesterday seem childish. That is growing up. And that happens, no matter what age bracket you belong to. But someday, we’ll look back to see how Raja Hasan made us do things that is quite uncharacteristic of our nature.
A previous comment from Padma on this website sums up all:
“I never had either believed in or practised fanhood, fanhood bordering on mania, making me as close as ever possible to a possessed spirit, voting through days and nights, spending days and nights without an iota of sleep, promoting a man that I had never met and have yet to meet, all over the place, be it through e-mails to friends, in my classrooms, at dhabas, crossroads (literally, not a word of this is exaggerated), on the Saregamapa rediffmail blog trying to win over fence-sitters for my object of worship.”
Honestly, Raja has made us do the most uncharacteristic of things. I have been online since 1999, I might have created over 2000 websites in my career, including a few celebrity websites, but never did I even think of a tribute website. Forget websites, I had never ever even posted a comment as a fan. For that matter, I myself don’t recall if I was ever a fan of anybody. Before someone called Raja barged into my television set.
Frankly, there are a lot of firsts that Raja has made us do. There are so many members of this website, who like me, had never ever posted a message on any website. Many had never ever participated in a forum. And many of those who did participate in forums previously, never used their real names. But somehow for Raja, they have made exceptions.
And it isn’t just all online. There are a number of people who see something divine in Raja. There are so many others who keep praying for him. And of course there are those who think of Raja as their own son. And I am pretty sure; they wouldn’t have done anything of this sort for a person they have never met before.
It’s amazing to see how one person’s voice has simply hypnotised us into doing things that doesn’t quite go with our nature.
In the near future, when Raja is a big hit - with his images being flashed across every media, a time when this website would be rendered useless, archived and closed down, I would love to go down the memory lane and read every post, every comment written here.
And maybe, I’ll ask myself. Did I write that stupid stuff?
Now, I think we need to bug Raffu to give us our prizes. Raffu, are you there????...
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My God RHB really a great article… I felt as if I am reading what I went through. I have never ever been a fan of anybody nor joined any forum. Made me do childish things or write stuffs which after a day or two I used to feel did I write those.
Even when I requested Murali to do that caricature of Raja for this birthday.. Murali’s first reaction was that he cannot believe that it was me who was asking for… And my son’s reaction was amma did you ever do it for appa. Yes Raja has hypnotised me to do things which I never thought that I will be able to do and I am enjoying it thoroughly.
Good Article! Actually I have never been a such a crazy fan of anyones to this extent of spending hours on one fan website/forum. After watching Raja, I have been through a lot of firsts as well.
Well, Raja does sing well and he has been blessed with soulfulness in his voice. It is only natural to like him, and especially when you see injustice being meted out to good people then you become doubly charged to see the injustice undone. I think in the final analysis Zee and Reshamiya have done a great favour to Raja … (totally unintentionally, of course).
I just hope Raja retains his humility and does not develop arrogance of any sort. He must remember that all this adulation and fame is God’s gift to him. If he remembers this his voice will only grow more magical then.
wow… what a great article RHB… bravo!!
There were many first for me too. Even though I have been a big big fan of Salman for a very long time and has been active in his boards but u will find a total different raffu there… very sober and decent… here i go way out of my control… i cant belief myself the messages and specially all those love messages i write for raja… ha ha … and my intentions ha ha ha … okay let me not go there… but wonderful article RHB.
I only hope and pray that with the coming time, specially when Raja will be all over media, even then I would still visit this site and forum to read about him and to chat with my lovely friends which no platform would have brought all awesome people together. i hope our friendship continues and we grow old and one fine day we all will be reading these messages and comparing our craze for Raja even when we turn 80 - 90 years old and we still will be right here at www.rajahasan.com
Amen!!
I am a bit surprised Raffu, you are not an 80 year old yet?
Great article RHB you have written exactly the same stuff in my mind and Raffu dear when I read your post my eyes filled up with tears. I think I’m so lucky if I get chance to meet RAJA and you all even at the age of 80. I’m a little bit serious character and never care about these types of shows earlier. RAJA’s voice has changed me lot, I never voted for any contestant even for local artist but I voted RAJA day and night like crazy even though I couldn’t understand Hindi. I never made a post for any website my first post for RAJA even I didn’t post for my favorite SRK. I’m so proud to be RAJA’s fan and also RHB and JB’s fan.
nice article rhb
it is soo true i write like i m 5 years old on this site
i don’t know why….raja makes me lolzzz….how come that is all i think about now..raja raja raja raja
i will not stop until i actually get to meet him personally n until he is at my house eating my home cooked rajasthani khana n singing allah ke bande for me..haha
LOL @ RHBs comment
i loved the article except the last bit before your single-liner
i have never ever been a big enough fan of anyone to do these things. The most i have done is watch movies and that’s all. I loved SRK but all that meant is going to watch his movies, sometimes not even in the theatres.
Raja has def made me do crazy crazy things
ha ha ha ha ha RHB your answer to Raffu ditto to what my rejoinder to her would have been hehe we are so much alike you and me, you and the others, me and the others, so hopelessly alike.
yes childlike we have become, i wouldn’t go so far to say childish because as sangeetpremi puts it, it is only an adult who can persistently hammer and tongs go all out to attack an injustice done and I think sageetpremi is right in analyzing ‘mujhko rajamania’ ho gaya hai (sic) hehe. It’s going so strong partly because of the anger abd hurt we all felt at the gross injustice done but then Raja’s magic had already by then worked on all of us because otherwise we wouldnt have done the most uncharacteristic things that we had already done such a voting like maniacs etc and that too it being a first-time-ever for most of us.
As you all know for me this was a BIG first-ever happening.
So to conclude these confused musings, I would reckon that it is indeed Raja dear who has these oodles of charisma, that unnamable something (a je ne sais quoi as they say in French) which accounts for our solid rock strong family which manish I hope will live on forever and ever and never ever shut down.
So many times I feel you can read into my thoughts, just now while opening the site, I was thinking along these lines, you are also a black magic guy our very own Manish and we are all fans of you too now. So just drop the last line of the article. you see we are now all to old to ask ourselves this adolescent question even when we will be 80 or 90 even if we are behaving like crazed sixteen year olds each one of us lol lol.
and raffu you are so so so very funny!!!
a sober and decent Raffu, aw such a bore…. Pls Raffu never ever change. hang on to what dear old Raja has made of you because I for one cant imagine as any other hehe.
Take care all of you. I have been and continue to be rather bogged down with work right now. Will be free sooooonnnn.
Much love,
Padma
@ RHB… lol… very funny
80 saal ki buddi yaa 25 saal ke naujawaan???
chawanprash ka kamaal hai
Aapbhi khaayiye aor sahat banaayiye
@ Manish
You know Manish the khubiat of your writing stems from the fact that you have this uncanny talent to put in words exactly what all of us nurture in our hearts (for some) or in our minds (for others) and you do this so damned well and thoroughly that you leave no loopholes, not a single point of the issue that you haven’t covered with the result that posting a comment on it just somehow becomes quite inane because you have said it all so beautifully and so analytically at the same time.
So quite often with your posts apart from expressing our marvel at how apt your message is, there is nothing to add because it is as if you were echoing each and every sentiment that we have and if at all one tries to add, it doesn’t quite work out at the end of the day because we are just repeating what you said or raising a point that you have already foreclosed because you have been so darned thorough.
All this bla bla bla to say that even if one doesn’t post a comment it in no way is to be understood as outgrowing or having outgrown the site, NEVER OK???? Each and every word that is written on this site is being avidly read and followed an umpteen number of times. AND THE WORST PART OF IT IS YOU ALREADY KNOW IT. So again I am just talking rubbish I guess so better shut up right now. Lol lol
lolzz @ raffu
chawanprash ka kamaal hahahaha
@RHB
Please don’t close down this site. I check this site at least 6 times a day.
If you close down this site, where can I find such wonderful people like you, Jugal Bhai,Neha, padma, Raffu, Sweny, Amrita, Aja, Simron, sangeet premi, Sudha, and many more?????
Thanks to Raffu !!!! I have 40 more years to go….
@ Kishanraj ji…. u have 140 more healthy years to go
Amen!!
RHB, I liked the article, as it has brought out the feelings in my mind, except the last statement you have made. Just as Raja sings from his heart, we all have expressed our views from the bottom of our heart. The period of SAREGAMAPA CH. 2007 was the most delightful period in our lives . So I don’t think , we will ever think ‘ Did I write that stupid stuff ?’
@ Kishanraj,
Besides Raja the reason I keep coming back to this site again again is because of you all. It is really a very nice feeling to be part of this big family consisting of such wonderful people.
RHB this is ONE OF THE BEST ARTICLE U HAVE WRITTEN UPTIL today!!!!!!
all your articles are wounderful…but this one is THE MOST WOUNDERFUL!!!!!!
as raja will becom HIT,,,,this site is also going to be a big ONE in future…..both the success of raja n THIS FORUM is going to be parallel….i am sure for that!!!!! AMEN!!!!
Dear RHB
No fan will disagree on that, as we all have gone through the same phase.
your capability to Map feelings & Emotions in words is outstanding and you are way above a [D-Lit] # Doctorate in Litreture)
RHB you deserve all the honour.
I have just one word for this article… Amazing!!!
i don’t find a proper adjective to compliment this article of our dear RHB…it is rightly said ,rbh is above a doctorate in lit…..i would like to add a Doc in mindreading for rhb…
i ,myself was never ever a fan of any celibrity…i would wonder..how can a person love someone he/she had never met.!!!..my basic character is cool & composed…i rarely view tv programmes…my relation with computer was to gather informations for my son whenever neccessary & to check my mailbox once in a month…i was a bookworm…always happy with my new found books …i had never been to a forum…never written in a website…
now a days i am criticised by all my friends & family members ….for having no time for anyone except rajahasan….i have to restrain myself to, not to talk about rajahasan !!!!!!!! it is so difficult a task u know …..i drag myself into fights if they say anything bad about raja..my son…love raja & all rajafans forever & ever
THIS WEBSITE WILL NEVER BE CLOSED…NEVER..NEVER…………….urmee
dear rupraj,
even when I went into my Rajamania and completely transformed into an unrecognizable person, my entire entourage, be it my kids, my parents, my colleagues or my students, was appaled and alarmed.
They then dismissed it off as a passing phase perhaps in order to reassure themselves, now they all seem resigned to it though they still look at me kind of bizarrely at times.
yes padma,
now a days, all my near & dear ones r habituated to greet me with –’phirse rajahasan …oh no…’ my husband has started taking long naps at his leisure time as i don’t have much time for him !!!!!!!!! even i write here with a name ‘rupraj’…which is a combination of my husband’s name,my younger son’s name & ofcourse my elder one ‘Raja’ in it..
hope we will meet sometimes in future to discuss raja & only raja…is not raja acting like a gravitational force betw u &me..?i had a loving friend “padma”..who is no more ….. love u dear……urmee
simplly the best article rhb. even when i go back and read my comments i feel had i wrte that ! honestly writing . me aaj tak kisi ki fan nahi bani not even srk or amitabh.noone but our RAJA truly have something divine.and in my imaginations RAJA has left srk,amitabh,hritik,etc long back.even i had not met him once but i am sure i will definitely meet him.i am how much crazyfor him . ican’t express that in words.i never believed in reality shows and never voted for them. but believed in RAJA and voted a lot for him. raatein jaag kar ,sitting,standing.and i still remember it was 7:30 pm 13thoct,07.voting kar kar ke mobile mein balance khatam ho gaya tha but i voted for RAJA my uncles phone.
This is my first post on this site….but I am not a new fan….The moment I heard his song Maaahiya…with Salman as guest I never missed a single show. Its not exaggerating that I watched the show only for Raja Hasan. I cant explain how much I felt bad abt his losing the title but all I am praying about is for a fine career of him. And about this site I am really thankful for letting us know the facts about this lovely singer. All I want is to meet this greaaaaaat singer and tell him personally that how much I like his singing and how great he is.
@urmee
Yes urmee I would love to rebecome your friend Padma. I would love it.
Pls keep in touch.
lots of love
padma
@ padma
thank u..my 5′6″ fair-complectioned telugu friend with thick glasses comes alive,whenever i read u..luv u..urmee